Will Netanyahu’s UN Speech Interfere With U.S. Election?

The Israeli leader has been engaged in an election-year pressure campaign to convince the Obama administration to set out its own red lines for Iran, which if crossed would provoke a joint strike by the U.S. and Israel.

The escalating rhetoric has turned Netanyahu, a longtime friend and brief colleague of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney three decades ago, into a significant player in the U.S. election where Jewish voters in states such as Florida are crucial to both campaigns.